WASHINGTON – The House Oversight Committee on Wednesday voted to hold former President Bill Clinton and former first lady Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress for defying subpoenas.
The committee had asked the Clintons to sit for depositions about their relationship with the late financier and sex predator Jeffrey Epstein. Like Donald Trump, Bill Clinton was photographed repeatedly in Epstein’s company. Neither man has been implicated in Epstein’s crimes.
Nine Democrats joined all the committee’s Republicans in voting for the contempt resolution against Bill Clinton. Three Democrats voted for the resolution on Hillary Clinton.
The focus on the Clintons is likely a welcome diversion for Republicans, who’ve been caught between their loyalty to Trump, who has called the Epstein matter a “Democrat hoax,” and demands from their base for the Epstein files to be made public.
While Trump’s Justice Department has dragged its feet in complying with a law requiring the release of all of its files on Epstein, the Clintons defied deadlines set by the committee for them to come to the Capitol to sit for depositions.
